Superhero Contest Runner Up

I know this is a bit late, but my family’s been having a tough week (a family member passed away) so I’ve been hanging out with and supporting them for most of this week. On July 14 I received an email from Anne Reidy, who is the Nonprofit Organizer for Squidoo. She informed me that one of my recently-made Superhero lenses, about Ben Carson, was chosen as one of five runners up for the Squidoo Superhero Charity Project.

Originally, they picked five great Superhero lenses and donated $500 to charity for each one, but I guess that they decided it’d be fun to pick some runners up. The email I got from Anne said:

We’re big softies. We couldn’t pick just five:
http://blogs.squidoo.com/lensoftheday/
Happy to say that Ben Carson makes the list!

Please let me know where you would like the $100 donation to go. And please send me your snail mail address as we have a special surprise for you!

Thanks and congrats!

Anne

Wow! I was floored when I read this. I never thought I’d win, and I didn’t really build the Superhero lenses hoping that I’d win. I just did it for fun and to kind of give back a little of what I’ve been given. I was even more surprised when I saw that I’d be getting a super special awesome surprise in the mail. I’ll keep on the lookout and let you know what I get when I get it. In case anyone wants to know, I had the $100 donation sent to Save the Children.

Also, while looking at that Lens of the Day blog post, I noticed that three of the Superhero runners-up are regular chatters in the Captain Squid Chat Room. I thought that was pretty neat! If you haven’t done so yet, you’d better swing by sometime and say hello. We’ve got a great community there with some amazing people and lots of innovation and thinking going on!

Superhero Lens Number 2 Done

It’s a race against the clock!

I just finished on my second lens for the Squidoo Superhero Project for Charity. As of this writing, I have 4 days, 13 hours, and 41 minutes left to create three more lenses for the Superhero Project. Think I can make it? I hope so!

My second lens for the project is about Dr. Ben Carson, who is a gifted neurosurgeon who has saved the lives of thousands of people, and become a great role model for millions (including me). In 1987 he performed a medical procedure to separate siamese twins who were joined at the back of the head–the first time such a procedure was successful. Really neat stuff. Since I’m a nursing student, his life story is especially fascinating to me.

That’s Superhero Lens #2 down now, and just three more to go.